Secretary-General visits Turkey
OSCE Summit, Istanbul
18-19 November 1999
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan (left) with Kjell Magne Bondevik, Prime Minister of Norway and Chairman of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). (UN Photo ESD323) |
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan with Bernard Kouchner (left), his Special Representative for Kosovo. (UN Photo ESD324) |
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan (centre, below screen) addressing the OSCE Summit in Istanbul. (UN Photo ESD325) |
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Group shot of participants in the OSCE Summit. (UN Photo ESD326) |
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan with Walter Schwimmer (left), Secretary-General of the Council of Europe. (UN Photo ESD327) |
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan with Martti Ahtissaari (left), the President of Finland. (UN Photo ESD328) |
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan with Mohamed Benaissa (left), the Foreign Minister of Morocco. (UN Photo ESD329) |
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan with Robin Cook (left), Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom. (UN Photo ESD330) |
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan with Jacques Chirac (right), the President of France. (UN Photo ESD331) |
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan (second from right) with Glafcos Clerides (third from right), the President of Cyprus. (UN Photo ESD332) |
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan with Romano Prodi (left), President of the European Commission. (UN Photo ESD333) |
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan with George Robertson (left), the Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO). (UN Photo ESD334) |
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan with Costas Simitis (left), the Prime Minister of Greece. (UN Photo ESD335) |
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan with Raouf Denktash, leader of the Turkish Cypriot community, at the Conrad Hotel in Istanbul. (UN Photo ESD336) |
United Nations Tent Cities for Earthquake Victims
19 November
In the afternoon, the Secretary-General and Mrs. Annan flew by helicopter to the earthquake site at Izmit-Kosekoy, where they visited Kirazlidere and Mehmetcik, two of 100 tent cities in the area which are currently housing some 70,000 people.
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Elisabeth Lindenmayer (centre), Special Assistant to the Secretary-General, with two children at the Kirazlidere tent city. (UN Photo ESD337) |
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan (right) greets a young child at the Kirazlidere tent city, as Mrs. Nane Annan (left) looks on. (UN Photo ESD338) |
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Mrs. Nane Annan (left) and the Secretary-General (off camera, left) greet a young child at the Kirazlidere tent. (UN Photo ESD339) |
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A grandmother and grandchild at the newly opened Kirazlidere tent city. (UN Photo ESD340) |
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A young boy trying to get a look at the Secretary-General, at Kirazlidere. (UN Photo ESD341) |
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan (right) speaks with children at the Mehmetcik tent city. (UN Photo ESD342) |
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A group of children at the newly opened Kirazlidere tent city. (UN Photo ESD343) |
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A young boy at the Kirazlidere tent city. (UN Photo ESD344) |
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan (at podium) for the opening of the Kirazlidere tent city. (UN Photo ESD345) |
Ankara, 22 November
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan (left) at the Turkish Grand National Assembly, with Yildirim Akbulut, Speaker of the Assembly. (UN Photo ESD346) |
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan participates in wreath laying ceremony at the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. (UN Photo ESD347) |
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Wreath laying ceremony at the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. (UN Photo ESD348) |
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View of the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, during wreath laying ceremony. (UN Photo ESD349) |
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan (left) with Bulent Ecevit (right), the Prime Minister of Turkey. Looking on are the Secretary-General's Deputy Spokesman Manoel de Almeida e Silva (rear left), and Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Kieran Prendergast. (UN Photo ESD351) |
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan with Suleyman Demirel (right), the President of Turkey. (UN Photo ESD352) |